Island



May 27, 1924.

G. P. BOSWORTH GLOVE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed March 20.

1 @me s w www im o@ .7 zo 29a f d Mem l lllll l l i.

VIdy 27, L19.24. SWSEB G. F'. ECJSWOHTH GLOVE AND METHOD OFl MAKING THE SAME Filed March 20. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet F.'

` y @Mm/y', @Maf/WMV Patented May 27, 1924,

narran lil A. 'l` E hl il lli liltl GEORGE P. BOSVJ'ORTH, Ul" CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, ASIGNOR T0 HEMPHIILL COMPANY, OF CEllLt-AL FALLS, RHODE ISTLiil-TD, Ai CORPDRATUDN 0*]2 LVMLSSA- CIFtUSETTS.

GLOVE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Application filed March 20, 191B.

T 0 all wlw/mj it' may concern.'

Bc it known that l, (iconen l). lioswon'rirr, a citizen of the United tntes, and a resi-A dent of Central `Falls, in the county of Providence and tritate oi? lthode Island, have invented an improvement in Gloves and Methods of h/lakinp; the Same, of which the followingv description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

'll his invention relates to ,chives and to the method of making the saine, and has to do more particularly with loninwristed l`gloves.

The object ofthe invention is to economically produce, [n'eferably by machine, a eleve that will neatly and readily conform to that particular portion of the hand, wrist or arm that it is intended to cover.

To the accomplisliment of the said objects and such other objects as may later appear, my invention comprises the novel construed tion and method of producing` the saine as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being,` had to the accoinpanyinoi drawings, wherein is .shown a form of glove disclosing my invention.

l'n the drawings Fig. l is a perspective view of a ,clove enibodyinpj the features of this invention; and

Fig. Q isa 1[jierspective view of a glove blank from which the gi-love is made, repreA senting the saine as it cornes from the niachine, and prior to the sea-mingA of the edges thereof.

Fig, l is a perspective view of a modified form of glove blank wherein the edges of the sections formingn the fashioned wrist are salvaged instead of beingconnected by floating yarns as in Figi: 2.

l' shall describe my invention with particular reference to that form of glove which is knitted upon a machine, preferably of the type known as the circular knitting niachine, wherein the needle cylinder is capable of being operated either in a continuonsw ly rotating" manner, or by a rotary reciproeatingy motion, but it is distinctly to be understood that within the scope and purpose of my invention the grieve may be hand knit ted or may be formed upon other types of knitting machines than that to which l have previously refer ed i The invention appertains more particular- Serial No. 283,743.

ly to the :formation of the arin and wrist portions of the glove, and I shall describe the same preferably as being formed by rotary knitting, although it will be obvious that within the scope and purpose of the invention I am not limited to this particular mode of knitting.

I desire, for convenience, to knit the glove with all of its members integrally formed as, for instance, the hand I preferably knit in a strip in two sections united by a plurality of narrow strips constituting' the linger strips of the glove, said two strips constitutw in of the front and back hand coverings.

The thumb, although in the present instance beingv integrally knit with the front hand strip, may be separately knitted and later applied in any suitable manner to the thumb opening.

llissuming that the glove is to be formed by knitting' upon a machine of a circular type having' independent needles, it will be evident that while the knitting may commence at any suitable point it should preferably begin at the base of the wrist, either at the front or at the back thereof. lllhether the knitting` begins at the front or at the back of the bottom of the wrist, the lingers may be knitted in any desired sequence, as, for example, the first, the second, the third. and the fourth Hngers in the order `given, or in the reverse order. I will describe the knitting; of the glove commencing' at the base of the wrist at the front thereof, but l am in no wise limited to such mode of procedure.

ln the present case, the knitting preferably (.:mnmences at the front of the wrist and extends from the point 1 across the front of the wrist to the point 2 (see Fig. 2), thence back and forth until that portion of the strip constitutingw the front 3 of the hand is knitted.` The needles employed in formino' this `portion of the lelove, are preferably less than one-half of the entire number of needles in the machine. The reciprocating' movements, preferably of the neeproper time retain in action the desired number of needles to form the thumb strip 7, While the remaining needles from which the hand strip 3 was formed may be Withdrawn from action but be permitted to retain their loops.

In most cases, however, when the base of the thumb is reached, all of the needles are elevated and the desired number to form said thumb strip are brought down into action, and knitting continues on these needles until a strip preferably twice the length of the thumb is formed, when the inactive needles hereinbefore described may again be restored to action and the remaining portion of the hand strip or palm be knitted thereon. The strip constitutingr the thumb 7 preferably has oppositely selvagedI edges which are later seamed together to complete the thumb pocket of the glove.

During the formation of the thumb strip the tip 8 is preferably fashioned upon oppo site edges thereof, as indicated at 9 9, by throwing out of action one or, if desired, a plurality of needles, preferably at both ends of each of a series of courses, as, for example, ten courses, such needles retaining their loops and being brought back into operation in the reverse order, thereby widen ing the fabric and at the same time uniting the edges of the tip along the line .indicated by the stitches 9 9, beyond which points vthe edges of the thumb strip are selvaged and united as previously stated. lVithin the scope and purpose of my invention the narrowing and widening may be considerably varied. That is, they need not occur on each course but may take place upon selected courses, such, for example, as every second or third course, and again the narrowing may commence at any desired point.

Having completed the formation of the thumb strip, I may, and preferably do, elevate all of the needles employed in forming the thumb strip 7 and then bring down into action all the needles that were employed in knitting said hand strip, and when knitting is continued upon all of said needles the loops at the end of said thumb strip may be knitted into a subsequent course of the hand.

The group of needles employed in forming said strip 7, preferably is set in from the edge 5 of said hand strip, thus leaving a plurality of needles between said group and said edges which are included in the complete group of needles employed in forming the hand strip. This is the preferable arrangementV of the thumb strip needles, although it is within the scope and purpose of my invention to vary the position of said thumb strip with relation to the edge of said hand strip.

Having restored to action all the needles that are to be used in knitting the hand strip of the glove, I next knit the palm 10 of the hand as a flat; selif'aged strip which terminates at a linel 11--12 extending across the hand, and from this line preferably be gins the knitting of the finger strips in the order desired.

Preferably I knit integrally with each of the fingers what I term a gusset connecting adjoining fingers, so that each finger is of sufficient size or diameter, although my invention is not restricted thereto. This I preferably do by bringing into action for the knitting of each successive finger eertain of the needles used in knitting the preceding finger, as well as those needles which pertain to the knitting of said successive fingers. By this mode of procedure` the fingers are knitted upon a total number of needles exceeding the total number of needles used in knitting the front or the back of the hand. This provides what I term a lap of the fingers when the glove is oil" the hand. It is evident that if the knitting of the fingers be connneneed with the little finger, the lap in each case extends toward the first finger, whereas if the knitting begin with the first linger. the lap will in cach case extend toward the little finger, I prefer to have the lap extend toward the first finger` and therefore commence the knitting of the fingers with the little .finger without` however, in any sense limiting myself thereto.

To continue the knitting from the line 11-12, I now withdraw from action all the needles extending between the points 11 and 12, and then restore to action needles extending from the point 11 to the point 13. Upon these needles I knit a flat strip selvaged upon opposite edges so as to form the front 14C of the little finger, the tip .15 and the back 16 thereof. The tip 15 is preferably fashioned as in the case of the thumb, that is by narrowing and widening, as indicated at 16.

Thus far the knitting operation has com pleted the formation of the little finger strip down to a line extending from the point 13 at the base of said finger along a line extending between the little and third fingers to the point 17 at the back of the little Enger, and thence to the point 18 opposite to the point 11. This completes the knitting of the little finger, and I will next proceed to knit the third finger upon the desired number of needles, but preferably upon, an excess number so as to provide the gusset extending from the point 13 to the point 17, and preferably as an integral part of both the third finger and the little finger. I next preferably elevate out of action but retaining their loops all needles used in knitting the little finger strip and then immediately restore those needles extending from the point 17 to the front of the third finger to the poi-nt 1,3 and along the line 11-12, to

nannies the point 19 at the opposite side of' said third linger, thus including@r a part of the needles which were used in knitting the little finger.

Upon these needles I knit a fiat strip selvaged at opposite edges to 'forni the ifront 20, the tip 2l and the back 22 oil' the third linger, fashioning the tip as .indicated at 23 substantially as described in connection with the thumb and little linger. Knitting,y continues on said strip down to a line enu tending' 'troni the point 17 at the base oli the third finger to the point 94; and forward between the third and second fingers to the point 1S), forming; the tc'usset between said second and third fingers. Then this point is reached, the needles which were used in forming` said third finger strip are retired but retaining their loops, and certain of these needles and a suf'licient number of ad ditional needles are restored to action to knit the strip constituting; the second finger oi.t the frlove. To this end I therefore bringr `into action the needles extending from the point 24 to the point 19 and along the line ll-l2 to the point- 25. I now knit by reciprocatinnr knittingupon said series ofi needles to term a flat strip selvaged at opposite edges constituting the 'front 26, tip 27 and back `28 of: the second finger, the tip 27 thereof beinef fashioned as indicated at 28 in the manner already described in respect to the preceding digit strips. This operation continues down to a. line extending from the point 24 to the point 29 and back to the point 25 at the `front ot the second finger.

Having completed the knitting oi' the second finn'er.` I now .proceed to knit the stri p for the first finger, this being prefer-- ably accomplished upon needles previously used` in lniittinnthat section of" the second finger from the point 25 to the point 29, and in addition to these needles I bring into action a suflicient number of' needles to produce the section Afrom the point 25 to the point 12, While` all other needles employed in knittingr the second finger strip are with drawn Yfrom action. llpon this new set of needles I knit a flat, oppositely selvan'ed strip constituting the front 30, tip 3l and back 32 of said first finger. The tip 3l of this fingeris fashioned at 33 in th@ saine manner as are the other digit members of the glove. This completes the knitting' of the first finger strip to a line extendingr troni the point 29 to the point 24 opposite the point l2. 'and completes the knitting.; of all of the finger strips.

It Will be noted by referring to Fin'. 2 that the finger strips after being doubled back upon themselves are ot different lengths so as to correspond in lenfrth with the fingers ofthe hand, and this result I accomplish by Varyingf the number of courses knitted during the formation oi the several digit strips. That is to say, the formation of the little finger strip will comprise a smaller nurnber ot courses from the point ll. to the beginning oilv the fash ioning courses lf, than Will the third finger strip troni the point 13 to the beginningW of `the -lashioninpI courses 23, and said third fing-er strip will be completed in a lesser number ot courses than will the second finger strip from the point 19 to the beginning` oi.i the fasl'iioninp; courses 28, and likewise the first finger strip Will be formed by a less number of courses from the point 25 to the beginning of the fnshioniingr courses 33 than will the strip ot the second nger, which latter strip is the longest ofi' the set.

Having completed the knitting of the first finger strip, I preferably restore to action all ofi the needles employed in knitting the hand strip 3. including those employed in knitting said first finger strip, and as all of said needles retained their loops when Withdrawn from action, these loops will forni the basis for the back 35 of the hand covering; which I new proceed to knit, said back covering havinp; opposite selvagrcd edges and beine', in length, substantially eosextensive With the front hand covering terminating' at 36, 37.

When the line 3(3--37 is reached in the formation of the piove. the hand and digit portions thereof will have been completed and I next proceed with Athe knittingr of the Wrist and arm portions of the glove.

As previously7 stated, the object of this invention is to produce a fashioned, longwristed glove, and I will next proceed to describe the preferred method oE forming a Wrist embodyingr such characteristics1 but it is to be distinctly understood that I ain not liinited to the particular method about to be described.

llilhen the last course ot the back hand strip 35 has been completed which course is indicated by an imaginary line erxtendingl from the point 36 to the point 37, the motion of the needle cylinder is preferably changed 'from a reciprocatory to a rotary motion, and the needles which formed the back hand strip 35 are retained in action and in addition another series of needles containingr substantially t-he same nurnber are brought into action to 'torni the front portion et the glove Wrist Jfrom the lpoint 38 to the point 39, and between the end needles oi these two series I preferably provide naps, as indicated by the spa-ces 36, 39 and 37, 38, upon opposite sides ol the glove Wrist.

I have stated that the Wrist. or, in other Words, the 'fabric formed upon the two series of' needles hereinlietore referred to. is produced by rotary knitting, but it is to be distinctly understood that I ain not limited to this form of knitting, butmay, if I so desire, produce the two sections of fabric by reciprocating knitting and still remain within the spirit and scope of my invention.

'Nevertheless I preferably effect. the proH duction of the wrist byrotary knitting and from a single set of knitting cams, and by reason oit' this method of construction the edges of the sections of fabric 36, 37 and 38, 39 will be connected together by floating yarns or elongated sinker wales 40 and 4l, and these sinker wales are preferably reduced in length as the knitting of the wrist proceeds toward the open end of the wrist or arm, so as to gradually increase the width of the front and rear sections 42 and 43 of said wrist.

To accomplish a gradual increase in the width of the front and rear strips I preferably employ picking means for picking into action needles at. opposite ends of the series of needles from which said front and back strips are formed. This I may do at the ends of successive courses, or I may effeet the knitting of one or a number of courses of the saine length between changes, so as to make the increase in width of said strips more gradual.

The gradual increase in the width of the two strips of fabric preferably continues until the largest part of the wrist is reached, as indicated at 44, 45. At these points, the full complement of needles will have been brought into action, and from here on to the end 46 of the glove there will be formed a seamless tube 47 constituting the arm portion of the glove. l

This completes one cycle of operations in the production of a single glove, and if desired another glove may be commenced by knitting from the end 46 and upon only a portion ofthe needles a strip forming the hand portion 3 of the next glove. If desired a light yarn may be used in knitting a few courses before the said next glove knitting is begun, so as to facilitate the separation of the two gloove units; or knitting may be continued with the same yarn with or without the formation of a slack course; or at the completion of each glove I may run the same off the needles and start afresh in the formation of the next glove.

It will be evident that if the front and rear sections of the wrist are produced by reciprocating knitting, the V-shaped gaps therebetween will not be spanned by floating yarns or elongated sinker wales, but instead, the edges which are at present connected by said floating yarns, will be seln vaged edges.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a glove embodying this construction and which has been produced by reciprocating knitting in stead of by rotary knitting. Here the edges of the Vshaped gaps which separate the sections 42', 43 of the wrist have selvaged edges Sie", 39 and 37 extending to the points 44, 45', at which points the t'ull coniplenient. of needles is used to knit a seamless tube 47.

Furthermore, within the spirit and scope of the invention, the V-shaped gap may he formed at other points than shown in Fig. :.Z.

Upon completion of the knitting ol' the blanks, the next operation to sealn together the various edges thereot' to forni the completed glove. That is, the adjacent; edges of the fron t and reir hand coverings of the blank are .strained together from the bases of the narrowing courses 'lt and lliof the little and first lingers. respectively, to the points 2 and 3G on the little linger side and points 'l and 37 on the first finger side. to torni the seams 49 and 50 (see Fig. The inner sides of the first and little 'linger strips and opposite sides of the second and third linger strips and also opposite sides of thi` tlunnh strip, are likewise seained together and the adjacent edges of the front and rear strips 42 and 43 of the wrist are seained together as shown at 5l and 52 (Fig. l.) to the points 44 and 45, or, if desired, these seams may, for effect. be extended to the end of the wrist, and the sinker wales 40 and .4l of the blank shown in Fig. subsequently severed from the edges of said strips. The edges connecting the points l and il of the front. hand strip and 8S and 39 of the Vfront wrist portion of the strip may then be stitched together to form a seam Although I have described the several stitching or seaming operations necessary to complete the formation of the `glove shown in Fig. 1, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to any particular sequence of such stitching operations. as these may be performed in any convenient order.

I/Vhile I have described the knitting of a, glove which. is shown in the drawing as a left-hand glove, it is obvious that a rightf hand glove may he knitted in any ofthe ways described with reference to the one disclosed.

Having thus described certain embodiments of my invention. I desire it to be understood that although specitic terms are employed they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of li1nitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

l. A knitted glove blank having a, stri of fabric constituting the front of the han the front and back digit coverings and the back of the hand, and a wrist formed integral with one of said hand coverings in part by reciprocating knitting to provide oppositely selvaged strips to be seamed together and partly by rotary knitting.

2. A knitted glove blank having hand and Lacanau d igit portions formed in a continuous strip, a fashioned Wrist formed in two tapering sections, and a tubular arln knitted integral With and uniting said tapered sections.

3. A knitted glove blank having hand and digit portions `forined in a continuous strip, a fashioned Wrist formed integral with said continuous strip, in tWo tapering sections, and a seamless tubular arin knitted integral with and uniting said Wrist sections.

ll. A. knitted glove blank having a Wrist forlned in two gradually widened selvaged webs, and a tubular web uniting the widened ends of said Webs.

5. A, knitted glove blank having hand and digit coverings, a Wrist covering knitted in two tapering sections integral with said hand covering, and a tubular section knitted integral with and adapted to unite the large ends of said tapering sections.

G. A. knitted glove having a selvaged strip constituting front and back hand and digit coverings, a fashioned Wrist consisting of two lashioned strips knitted integral with said hand strip, a tubular web uniting the large ends of said. fashioned strips, seains to unite adjacent opposite edges of said Vwrist and hand strips, and a seain extending across the Wrist of said glove to unite adjacent edges of said hand and Wrist sections.

7. The method of forming a glove which. consists in knitting a strip constituting the front and back hand and digit coverings, in knitting integral with one end of said strip a fashioned Wrist consisting of two gradually widened sections of fabric, in seaniing together the adjacent opposite edges of said hand sections and said Wrist sections, and in seaniing the opposite end of said hand strip to said Wrist.

8., The niethod of forming a glove which consists in knitting by reciprocating knitting selvaged strips constituting the front and back hand coverings, in knitting two trips one integral With said hand cover age, upon gradually increasing sets of needles to forni a fashioned Wrist, in knitting integral with the large ends of said wrist strips, a tubular section of fabric, and in seaniing together the adjacent edges of said hand and Wrist sections.

9. A knitted glove comprising single Width selvaged front and back hand strips integrally forined at opposite ends of double length, single Width digit coverings, a fashioned Wrist consisting of tivo fashioned strips, one of which is knitted integrally with one of said hand coverings, a tubular web uniting tbe large ends of said fashioned strips, seains to unite adjacent opposite edges of said hand, linger and wrist strips, and a seain uniting the end of the other hand covering with the end ofthe other fashioned Wrist strip.

l0. it. kn itted glove blank having single Width oppositely selvaged front and back hand strips, single Width front and back oppositely selvaged digit strips knitted integral with said front and back hand strips, a wrist formed integral with said hand strips in two fashioned parts corresponding with said front and back hand strips and a tuloular arin knitted integral with and uniting said fashioned Wrist parts.

ll. That inethod of knitting a glove which consists in knitting upon less than half of a series of needles, a strip of fabric constituting the hand and digit coverings of the glove, then in knitting a plurality of courses simultaneously upon the needles ernu ployed in knitting said hand covering and another series containing a substantially equal nuniber of needles to knit Wrist secw tions, then in gradually increasing the nuinlier of needles at opposite sides of both said series to fashion said Wrist sections until all of the needles are in operation, and the-n in knitting a tubular arin upon all of the needles integral with and uniting said Wrist sections.

fin testimony Wherof, have signed my naine to this speciiication.

GEORGE P. BGSW'RTH.

Gti 

